Job overview

The Directorate of Respiratory Medicine at WTWA (Wythenshawe, Trafford, Withington & Altrincham) is part of the Respiratory Division (along with the Lung Cancer Directorate).

The Directorate provides community based and secondary care for respiratory patients in the local area. In addition, the Directorate hosts 16 tertiary or national respiratory subspecialty services (see below). The Directorate works in close collaboration with colleagues in the Lung Cancer and Thoracic Surgical Directorate, along with specialist thoracic radiology colleagues. 

We provide an on-call service and inpatient care for Respiratory Medicine patients, with 20 clinicians contributing to the on-call rota. There is no requirement to provide secondary care services for general medicine.

The Directorate is made up of several small inclusive subspecialty teams which include a diverse mix of clinicians and allied health professionals. These smaller teams work collegiately and supportively together to provide general respiratory care. There is a wide variation of interests among the Respiratory medical staff, with some preferring a purely clinical role, other taking an interest in leadership and innovation, and some with a wealth of experience and track record in academia.  This provides new consultants with an infinite array of choice and post CCT training opportunities to shape their future careers as they would like them to be in a nurturing and rewarding environment.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will contribute to the general respiratory ward cover and will take part in the 1 in 20 on-call for Respiratory Medicine.

Provision of a high quality service to the Trust with responsibility for the diagnosis and treatment of patients referred to the specialty in an inpatient and outpatient setting.

·         In conjunction with consultant colleagues, to provide and develop Clinical leadership and contribute to the vision and values of the service. 

·         Professional Supervision and management of junior medical staff and allied health professionals.

·         Participate in clinical governance processes, continuing professional development.

 Contribute with on-going strategic redesign.

·         Complete mandatory training and undertake annual appraisal.

 These duties will vary from year to year according to the evolution and development of Respiratory Services. You will be expected to embrace changes to provide continuously improving patient care, as agreed to by your fellow clinicians and yourself as part of the annual review of your job plan.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.